®Planning appeal decision
JUNE’S BLOOMS, ALLOTMENT GARDENS, BUNCE COMMON ROAD, LEIGH, SURREY, RH2 8NS
to demolish approximately 6 partially collapsed wooden nursery green houses and concrete slab foundations and replace with one single storey residential dwelling
- Authority
- Mole Valley District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Hobbs J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- the effect of the proposal on biodiversity including protected species
- the effect of the proposal on highway safety
- whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt with substantial harm to openness and character, and the modest benefits do not clearly outweigh this harm to amount to very special circumstances.
the modest benefits of housing delivery, local economic support, and family care do not outweigh the substantial harm to the Green Belt including loss of openness and the additional harms to character and appearance and biodiversity
Framework references: 11, 111, 134, 147, 148, 149, 174
Plan policies cited: Policy CS1, Policy CS14, Policy CS15, Policy ENV15, Policy ENV22, Policy ENV23, Policy MOV2
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.